What is Befriending?

Befriending is a supportive relationship offered to secondary victims of homicide and victims of serious personal violence (clients), to assist with the understanding and processing of trauma so as to promote their recovery. It is a non-clinical relationship underpinned by a methodological approach informed by support and psycho-education theories.

Befrienders provide a series of structured education components via a semi-formal relationship over an agreed time period to people in need.

Befrienders may have had their own personal experience of trauma (though not necessarily violent in nature) from which they have recovered and can draw upon. Befrienders will provide information, education and care via a supportive client focused relationship based on more of a friendship delivery model rather than on purely clinical one.

Clients are then offered the opportunity to access angelhands other programs to enhance their recovery namely, Hope and Healing, Retreats and GATE Project.